GET FOCUSED

by Emmanuel Manolakakis

You know the feeling. You’re sitting down to write an e-mail to a friend when you recall it’s your mother-in-law’s birthday. So you switch over search the web for a flower site to order a gift only to be interrupted again with the ring of your cell phone - it’s your wife, who wants to know what day the parent-teacher meeting is - as you reach for the calendar the front door bell rings.

Feeling frantically torn in a million directions and unable to concentrate fully on the task at hand? You probably are. Even when we manage to nab a few minutes of peace, our heads are often so full of clamoring demands that it’s hard to focus on the here and now.

We eat while we’re driving. We talk on the phone while we’re doing laundry. And the more we multitask, the harder it is to stay focused.

It seems that ‘Modern Life, thought, conspires to distract us.’

Here are helpful tips that will help you get the most out of life and training….

1. Feed Your Brain

Although the gray matter makes up only 2 percent of a human’s total body weight, it gobbles up 25 percent of the food energy we consume, so don’t skip meals. Make the most of training and ensure you’re fueled for the workout.

2. Move

One of the single best ways to improve concentration is just moving. Movement gives you life by sending blood flowing to the brain and helping stimulate the production of new nerve cells and promoting increased mental focus.

Remember this when training and always keep moving. Even if you’re not sure what to your doing, the solution will appear more often with movement.

3. Practice

“Focusing is like any skill – the more you practice, the better you get”, says Steven Yantis PH.D., a brain researcher at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore. “We see it all the time in the laboratory. When we challenge volunteers with mental tests, the more often they do them, the better they perform.”

Apply this to your training by tuning out distractions and focus the mind on the drill, exercise, technique or concept being shown. Make the most of your training time.

You might not be able to shorten your to-do-list, but you can improve the way you tackle each item. Try these simple points and you will find yourself becoming more productive and relaxed at work, home and at fightclub. Better able to savor the pleasure life has to offer.

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